Mrs. Turner is the advisor for the Lamplighter. Though, more often than not, she is quite like a mother to us! When students can’t get along, she is quick to put out the fire and help people get back to work....

PLD Lamplighter is self-funded, so that means equipment and software purchases are based on fundraisers, advertising and donations. Because this is such an important part of what we are able to achieve, we have a full-time business manager each year. This year, it's senior Zach Jones. Not only does he organize fundraisers, he also helps us with inventory, fees, and he makes sure that all of our ...

The Editors-in-Chief run the show, and sometimes it can feel like a circus with 60 staff members and 15 section editors to manage.
Senior Abby Hendren is one of our EICs, and most would agree that she's the one her staff both loves and fears! Much like Pennywise, she can be a little daunting when you disappoint her by not meeting deadlines!...

At PLD Lamplighter, we have a tiny studio. I mean tiny. In fact, the studio-classroom hybrid's front door opens straight into our recording space. You can see how this might be frustrating when we're recording anchors each week.
We don't have a fancy "on air" sign, so we put a note on the door that says: "Recording--Do Not Enter." It never fails, though, that we're interrupted...

One of the hardest things to do every week is come up with segment ideas for WPLD.
We have four maestro teams, each led by a "maestro mama." Senior Mercedes Adams leads team Delta. These eight staff reporters look to her every week for direction and inspiration, and if you know Mercedes, you know that she's continuously cheery and typically unflappable.
The week leading up to fall bre...

Senior Rebecca Chapman is this year's cartoonist at PLD Lamplighter. Rebecca, who plans to attend art school, had no idea that being our cartoonist would end up being one of her favorite things to do--in fact, some days she says it feels like she is either thinking of ideas, sketching them, coloring, uploading or editing them all the time! Like we always say, "Live, Love, Lamplighter." It'll...